Read in data

Data for median income, spending & Collections from Eversource, UI in 2019, 2020 and 2021 filed under C&LM.

Data for demographics:

  • Energy burden from EPA LEAD tool

  • Justice40 disadvantaged communities from Climate and economic Justice Screening Tool

  • Racial diversity from US Census Bureau 2020 Decennial Census

There are some problems with census tract numbers in the utility data so some demographic data does not collate properly.

Tables

Distressed tracts

Overall trend toward closing gaps

Definitions:

  • Distressed tracts: median income <60% state median income

  • Small load: <100 kWh

Including large & small load customers, distressed census tracts

Collections Disbursements Utility Year Parity
24.87 19.92 UI 2019 NO
0.34 0.06 ES 2019 NO
24.10 15.32 UI 2020 NO
0.29 0.33 ES 2020 YES
24.49 22.88 UI 2021 NO
2.29 2.93 ES 2021 YES
28.46 17.33 UI 2022 NO
7.83 7.41 ES 2022 NO

Size Collections Disbursements Utility Year Parity
SMALL 20.51 15.67 UI 2019 NO
LARGE 31.48 29.53 UI 2019 NO
SMALL 0.54 0.12 ES 2019 NO
LARGE 0.00 0.00 ES 2019 NO
SMALL 19.99 13.05 UI 2020 NO
LARGE 30.87 18.66 UI 2020 NO
SMALL 0.45 0.52 ES 2020 YES
LARGE 0.00 0.00 ES 2020 NO
SMALL 20.55 20.08 UI 2021 NO
LARGE 30.80 29.36 UI 2021 NO
SMALL 2.96 2.29 ES 2021 NO
LARGE 1.16 4.12 ES 2021 YES
SMALL 20.01 9.67 UI 2022 NO
LARGE 30.27 27.31 UI 2022 NO
SMALL 5.45 5.63 ES 2022 YES
LARGE 11.90 11.09 ES 2022 NO

Size Cat Collections Disbursements Utility Year Parity
SMALL RESIDENTIAL 17.66 10.33 UI 2019 NO
SMALL C&I 26.90 30.03 UI 2019 YES
LARGE RESIDENTIAL 65.31 0.00 UI 2019 NO
LARGE C&I 31.02 29.53 UI 2019 NO
SMALL RESIDENTIAL 0.73 0.14 ES 2019 NO
SMALL C&I 0.00 0.00 ES 2019 NO
LARGE RESIDENTIAL 0.00 NaN ES 2019 NA
LARGE C&I 0.00 0.00 ES 2019 NO
SMALL RESIDENTIAL 17.56 8.22 UI 2020 NO
SMALL C&I 26.40 22.86 UI 2020 NO
LARGE RESIDENTIAL 65.54 37.43 UI 2020 NO
LARGE C&I 30.39 18.57 UI 2020 NO
SMALL RESIDENTIAL 0.59 0.60 ES 2020 YES
SMALL C&I 0.00 0.00 ES 2020 NA
LARGE RESIDENTIAL 0.00 NaN ES 2020 NA
LARGE C&I 0.00 0.00 ES 2020 NO
SMALL RESIDENTIAL 17.97 13.90 UI 2021 NO
SMALL C&I 27.00 26.50 UI 2021 NO
LARGE RESIDENTIAL 59.78 60.74 UI 2021 YES
LARGE C&I 30.41 27.40 UI 2021 NO
SMALL RESIDENTIAL 3.39 2.39 ES 2021 NO
SMALL C&I 1.64 1.76 ES 2021 YES
LARGE RESIDENTIAL 16.34 NaN ES 2021 NA
LARGE C&I 1.13 4.12 ES 2021 YES
SMALL RESIDENTIAL 17.81 6.90 UI 2022 NO
SMALL C&I 25.59 13.96 UI 2022 NO
LARGE RESIDENTIAL NaN 74.87 UI 2022 NA
LARGE C&I 30.27 22.65 UI 2022 NO
SMALL RESIDENTIAL 4.46 4.72 ES 2022 YES
SMALL C&I 8.57 10.23 ES 2022 YES
LARGE RESIDENTIAL 18.70 NaN ES 2022 NA
LARGE C&I 11.89 11.09 ES 2022 NO

HES and HES-IE

It makes sense that distribution of HES-IE funds would be greater to distressed census tracts, but overall funds are not equitably distributed under HES program. Moderate distress appears to participate in HES-IE.

  • HES-IE: Home Energy Solutions, income-eligible

  • Moderately distressed tracts: median income 60-80% state median income

Collections Disbursements Utility Year Parity
17.66 13.50 UI 2019 NO
0.73 0.02 ES 2019 NO
17.96 11.80 UI 2020 NO
0.59 0.00 ES 2020 NO
18.46 17.79 UI 2021 NO
3.41 2.53 ES 2021 NO
17.81 8.34 UI 2022 NO
4.47 6.31 ES 2022 YES

Cat Collections Disbursements Utility Year Parity
HES 17.66 3.26 UI 2019 NO
HES_IE 17.66 23.89 UI 2019 YES
HES 0.73 0.05 ES 2019 NO
HES_IE 0.73 0.00 ES 2019 NO
HES 17.96 3.19 UI 2020 NO
HES_IE 17.96 34.01 UI 2020 YES
HES 0.59 0.00 ES 2020 NO
HES_IE 0.59 0.00 ES 2020 NO
HES 18.46 5.06 UI 2021 NO
HES_IE 18.46 35.18 UI 2021 YES
HES 3.41 1.36 ES 2021 NO
HES_IE 3.41 4.50 ES 2021 YES
HES 17.81 2.55 UI 2022 NO
HES_IE 17.81 15.82 UI 2022 NO
HES 4.47 2.81 ES 2022 NO
HES_IE 4.47 10.23 ES 2022 YES

Cat Collections Disbursements Utility Year Parity
HES 17.3 3.2 UI 2019 NO
HES_IE 17.3 21.4 UI 2019 YES
HES 7.0 4.3 ES 2019 NO
HES_IE 7.0 11.9 ES 2019 YES
HES 16.5 4.5 UI 2020 NO
HES_IE 16.5 22.1 UI 2020 YES
HES 6.8 2.1 ES 2020 NO
HES_IE 6.8 9.1 ES 2020 YES
HES 18.1 6.3 UI 2021 NO
HES_IE 18.1 33.9 UI 2021 YES
HES 9.0 3.1 ES 2021 NO
HES_IE 9.0 9.8 ES 2021 YES
HES 17.6 3.8 UI 2022 NO
HES_IE 17.6 16.9 UI 2022 NO
HES 6.6 1.7 ES 2022 NO
HES_IE 6.6 9.2 ES 2022 YES

Justice40 disadvantaged

Justice40 requires that 40% of funds flow to disadvantaged communities, which make up approximately 29% of the country. This means that these communities should receive 1.3x the average proportional investment.

  • Disadvantaged: Communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution. Burden thresholds include climate change, energy, health, housing, legacy pollution, transportation, water and wastewater, and workforce development.

  • Black lines in the chart show targets based on 40% of budget and 1.3x proportional investment.

Collections Disbursements Utility Year Parity
28 18 UI 2019 NO
10 12 ES 2019 YES
27 16 UI 2020 NO
11 13 ES 2020 YES
28 27 UI 2021 NO
21 21 ES 2021 YES
32 20 UI 2022 NO
14 10 ES 2022 NO

Maps & Baselines

Median household income

  • Low: <60% of state median income
  • Moderate: 60-80% of state median income
  • High: >80% state median income

Must exceed baseline to be considered equitable. Baseline is proportional investment based on portion of census tracts that fall under each category.

Racial diversity

Energy burden

Disbursements & Collections